Biswajit deb: June 2022

Born on 1st Feb 1959 in paschim mednipur into on illustrious family of musicians.

His father,The great pakhawaj player pandit bhutnath deb.his father's recommendations and fortune tutleage under the guidance of legendary late pandit Sridhar Dutta ( disciple of ustad keramatullah khan),Dr prabir bhatacharya ( disciple of ustad keramatullah khan) and learn sometimes from pandit damarupani bhatacharya.Biswajit is performed with famous musicians in famous programs.

Guru late Dr prabir bhatacharya

He performed and riyaz with pandit chinmoy lahiri in 80 s and after he join with pandit dinanath Mishra.

Biswajit also performed in tarongo fusion created by his guru late Dr prabir bhatacharya.

Tarongo fusion

As a composer, biswajit ji has been performed in percussion ensembles since the mid- 1990’s, starting with his own tabla ensemble in Kolkata in 90 s, as well as tabla ensembles at the damarupani Sangeet samiti and jayi music academy (Kalyani). He has also been commissioned and performed for the Tarongo fusion, south Indian fusion,jazz fusion. His dozens of compositions have gone beyond the sphere of pure percussion to include North Indian instruments, south Indian instruments,jazz instruments compositions for fusions.he play instruments like pakhwaj , srikhol,Banga

Kongo,snare drum, throne (stool) and sometimes the bass drum others .

Biswajis music reaches beyond the scope of Classical music to include performances and relationship with musicians such as Mr woork.

Biswajit has elevated the tabla as a musical instrument in its own right, both through solo performances as a main artist and through his accompaniment of others. Biswajit has been devoted to the classic tabla for 37 years without interruption and is considered one of the most melodic players alive.He was also accompanist of doverlane music competition,Ravi kichlu foundation, radio music competition, national music competition and others.. In age 7 he also play with sharafat Hussain khan in concert. In 17 he was performed

with pandit sosodhor Dutta in Kolkata.

A phenomenal and outstanding Tabla player, he is well known for mesmerising and captivating his audience with his power, His meteoric rise in popularity in the field of traditional Indian Classical music has led biswajit to regularly collaborate with different genres such as Jazz, Classical, hip hop, folk, blues music and the world of contemporary music and dance. This makes him an imaginative and sensitive musician, having an elegant and poignant style of his own. He has and continues to collaborate with various international artists from around the globe such as:

dinanath mishra ji, a t Kanan,dancer from Germany,in jazz fusion with woork a tabla player an drumer,Ramesh Mishra, ustad Bismillah Khan, ustad Nissar Hussain Khan,utpala gowswami, Subroto Roy Chowdhury, Manilal nag jotin bhatacharya Kamal Mallick sohonlal Sharma, Ramkumar chatopadhya, ustad Nasir Ahmed Khan, Sudhir das Sharma, pandit rakhal Mishra doctor Prakash Sangeet,bachalal Mishra Bholanath Mishra, vidushi Girija Devi and others.

Biswajit is an international artist and perform UK, India, Europe, Middle East, germany USA country artists but he doesn't going abroad.

Biswajit's music-biswajit deb tryst with Tabla has now seen years of hard work, struggle and glory, but the rhythms of his childhood kept haunting him, he knew some
day he has to do some thing that would realize a fraction of his childhood
dreams, inspired as he always been, he composed fusions.his
composition from the roots of Indian rhythm, he tried to use all the age old
traditional percussions that are now a part of our history, our present, the
legends, our devotions and almost everything we are. He has used
Pakhawaj, Dholok, Bangla Dhol and Srikhol , mridangam,Banga kanga
that are used mainly in religious offerings like instruments like Sai drum ,bass,and African instrument dj MBE etc.
and traditional and tribal percussions like Madal, Dafli, Khanjira. He also
used Western Aquastic Drums for the blending with these all instruments.
To maintain the purity of my music he has used drum for the blending with
these all instruments based on his composition purely on the Indian Taals.
Biswajit was artist of “sophistication and refinement , Biswajit
is a melody king. his orchestra tarongo fusion directed by dr prabir bhatacharyaof completeness he
blended his percussions with vocals, the vo and jazz instruments,the jazz and Indian percussion are createdodao the rhythmic nature of his composition. These voices arpercussions are play also disciples of dr prabir bhatacharya.He has also been privileged to be invited to perform in pt shyam Ganguly birthday occasions and has also performed at a private function held by in home.Biswajit has played for numerous live recordings including Channel Doordarshan bangla , Akash Bangla,Tara tv ,atn Bangla ,dd2,dd7 and also on CDs with studio.

Biswajit also play jugalbandi with father legend pt bhutnath deb first time in RABINDRA Bharati University Jorasanko campus Thakur Bari in 70 s infront dagar Saheb,pt Falguni mitra, Vidushi sisir kana Dhar Choudhary etc.He plays several other drums besides the tabla which include the sri-khole, the pakhwaj, the dholak the nal, and the banga-kanga. However, it is the unusual way that he plays the bnaya that has brought him attention. He plays the bass drum-like instruments.Biswajit gave his first public performance at the age of 7. By 15, he performed India and has played at almost every major music halls in the India since.he was tabla accompanist to pt chinmoy lahiri from 1979 to mid 80 s .he has performed and composed with musicians globally. Over the past 30 years, he has also performed and recorded in duets with his guru. From the farukabad Gharana he has played with girija Devi pt dinanath mishra pt jotin bhatacharya pt sosodhor Dutta pt Bholanath Mishra. He also going uttarpradesh tour in 90 s with pt dinanath mishra and he performed in many venues last 30 years in India. In addition to solo performances and recordings, Biswajit worked with sitar players pt Sudhir das Sharma , vidushi Jaya biswas Subroto Roy Chowdhury,Pt.Manilal Nag,pt Soumitra lahiri sarod players buddhadev dasgupta and jotin bhatacharya Ustad bahadur khan samarendranath sikhdar, flutist gour gowswami santoor player bhajanlal sopori and vocalists Pandit Dinanath Mishra, pandit dr prakash sangeet and pandit chinmoy Lahiri,he makes many compositions and taals like birkaswari.He was also performed with reputed musicians in his own house mehfil.He also a good musical relationship with abroad musicians like Alex obert, Jonathan Mayer,Aman urim, Narendra lawrance and many others

Degrees and awards

∆Sangeet Praveen from prayag sangeet samiti masters in music ( gold medal)

∆Sangeet Prabhakar from prayag sangeet samiti

∆Bsc from Calcutta university

∆sangeetachrya

∆national music competition (first)

∆damarupani music collage

Accompaniment :-

Vocal :-

Pt rakhal Mishra,pt a kanan,pt amiya r Banerjee,smt malabika kanan,pt chinmoy lahiri,pt Manas chakraborty,pt dinanath Mishra, bholanath Mishra,Dr Prakash sangeet,pt susil Bose,vidushi sipra Bose,ustad ustad munwar khan,vismadev chaterjee,pt Vijay kichlu,pt Ravi kichlu,tanima thakur,girija Devi,samaresh Choudhury,tapas Aditya,Arun bhaduri,ustad nissar Hussain khan,pt Rajan sajan Mishra,suchitra Mitra,subinoy Roy,pt siyaram Tiwari,debobroto Singha thakur,nashim Ahmed khan, mashkoor Ali khan,latafat Hussain khan,devasish dey,ramkumar chaterjee,anosua mukherjee,niyaz and faiyaz Ahmed,ashok Roy,aminuddin dagar,falguni Mitra,sitaraprasad goswami, pandit tarapada chakraborty,Kumar prasad mukherjee, pandit prasun Banerjee,Meera Banerjee,bokul chaterjee,Dalia rahut, pandit jamini ganguly, Tushar Dutta,dipali nag,pt nirmalendu Choudhury,utpala goswami,sucheta Banerjee,mangal Mishra,tulshi hazra,Krishna mahanti ,Brijesh Roy,ustad naseer Ahmed khan,dipanjana Bose ,siza roy,Kamal Banerjee, subinoy Roy, suranjana Bose,Chandidas mal,Sunil Bose,shymal lahiri and others.

Shenai

Ustad Bismillah Khan, Raghunath Prasanna, USTAD Ali Ahmed Hussain, Anant Lal,daya shankar

Guitar :-

Devashish Bhattacharya Sujit nath subhashis Bose, Brij Bhushan kabra, Abhijit nath,barun pal,

violin :-

pdt rabin ghosh vidushi sisirkana Dhar Choudhary pdt akhin Chand Dutta,pdt vg jog,manoranjan Banerjee

Santoor :-

Pdt , Bhajanlal Sapoori, Dulal Roy, Tarun bhatacharya

Dance :-

Smt jayanti Mukherjee, Pdt chitresh das, Pdt Vijay Shankar,rani karna,saswati sen, Madhumita Roy,Bela Arnab, amita Dutta ,srilekha Mukherjee, swasti Mukherjee, Satabdi Chakraborty , Prakash Maharaj

Sitar :-

Manilal nag,imrat khan, soumitra lahiri,subroto Roy Choudhury, sosodhor Dutta,srepati chaterjee,indranil bhatacharya,Kalyani Roy, debiprasad chaterjee,debu Choudhury,mushtaq ali khan,kusal das,niladri sen,kisor chaterjee, subhasish Bose,balaram pathak, bimalendu mukherjee,Sudhir das Sharma,Partha sarathi sengupta,Deepak Choudhury,Gokul nag,ajoy Sinha roy,Jaya biswas,

Sarangi :-

Ustad sagiruddin khan,Mahesh prasad Mishra,Ramesh Mishra,kanai Mishra,Kashi Mishra,Vidya sahai,ramlal Mishra,bachalal mishra,Roshan Ali

Harmonium :-

Sohonlal Sharma, Ranjan mukherjee,hiranmoy Mitra ,sanatan goswami,Sandip Sen

Flute:-

Gour goswami

Sarode :-

Jotin bhatacharya, Bahadur khan,Kamal mallick,Sridhar Dutta,buddhadev dasgupta,radhika Mohan moitra,rupen Seth,dhynesh khan,bidyut khan, Shyam ganguly,sree ganguly,samarendranath sikhdar,nandalal Ghosh

There are many more artists he accompanied at various concerts, festival and house program.few photos are available because the concerts are very old.

Performed in India , participated in music conferences like :

Tansen music conference

Taanchakra music society

Damarupani Sangeet sansad

Ntpc renukoot u.p

Sangeet tirtha

Rag tarangini society

Sangeet Madhuri

Bhawanipore Sangeet sammelan

Rabindra bharati university

Bahadur khan music festival (Birla academy)

Railway recreation club kancharapara

Universal peace center

Uttarpara Sangeet chakra

ITC sra

Dabir khan sangeet sansad

Maseet khan sangeet sammelan

Nad bramha samaj Kolkata

Sangeet piyasi

Narendrapur ramkrishna mission

Belur math

Sarojini sangeet sadan

Jayi music academy

Bishnupur utsab

Bishnupur kg engineering college

Golarh high school

Suresh sangeet sammelan

And many others.

And was a member of ITC sangeet research academy, damarupani music collage,rajya sangeet academy and many others.

From damarupani Sangeet sanstha

Recordings releasea :

Uchanga Sangeet cd ( Taal teentaal) sarangi accompanied by pandit ramlal Mishra.

Link :- https://youtu.be/577pTuSyDBA

Moreover he had accompanied in many others musician recordings and cassates.

Gurus :-

Pandit bhutnath deb, pandit Sridhar Dutta, Dr prabir bhatacharya, pandit damarupani bhatacharya.

From guru Dr prabir bhatacharya

Television works :-

Doordarshan Kolkata With Mangal Mishra.

Doordarshan Kolkata with sneh Lata Mishra

Atn tv with dipanjana Bose

Bybsa barta show theme music with pandit dinanath Mishra

Doordarshan with pandit susil Bose

Akash Bangla with dipanjana Bose

And also performed in Tara tv,dd1 and others.

Judgement /examiner

Prayag sangeet samiti

Bangiya sangeet Parishad

National level music competition

Ravi kichlu foundation

Dhak vadan competition

And others.

Creation :

Birkaswari 11.5 matras Taal,

Press clippings:-

His performances reviews copy in many other newspaper like the statesman, telegraph,the Hindu,bortoman,anadobazar and others.few newspaper cuttings are available

Biswajit has composed 11.5 matras Taal name birkaswari. Sisirkana dhar Choudhury dhynesh khan, pandit dinanath mishra also like his taal. In the past, biswajit has teamed up with flim singing stars pandit ramkumar chaterjee, vidushi pratima Banerjee,arati mukherjee and others. And together the play in theme music for TV

commercial program,and he performed in TV national and other programs.

Teaching experience:-

Technique music academy Kolkata

Sarojini sangeet sadan

Prayag sangeet samiti

Damarupani music collage

Taanchakra

Sangeet tirtha college duttapukur, Kolkata

Sargam music academy

Jayi music academy

Gitbharati sangeet mahavidyalay

And others.

A long teaching experience furnished him with new dimensions in teaching.

He was ex organiser member of many major music festivals organized by kolkata such as damarupani sangeet sammelan,taanchakra music society,rag tarangini sangeet sanstha , kolkata. In age 7 he also play with sharafat Hussain khan in concert. In 17 he also

performed with pandit sosodhor Dutta in Kolkata. Salil das,PT Krishna mahanti,pt tulshi hazra trio performance in India tabla by biswajit deb in age 15. In 1993 u.p tour and concert with pandit dinanath mishra and Bharat Ratna ustad bismillah khan.Also receive blessing s from Ravishankarji, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Pt. Monilal Nag, Ustad Vilayet Khan, Ustad Bismillah Khan, Vidushi Sisir Kana Dhar Chaudhury, Pt. Anokhilal Misra, Pt. Shanta Prasad Misra, Ustad Keramatullah Khan, Vidushi Roshan Kumari, Vidushi Bela Arnab, , Ustad Fayaz Khan, Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan .he was attend also pandit Shankar Ghosh , ustad afaq Hussain khan, ustad allarah kha, ustad keramatullah kha, ustad Ali Akbar khan,PT Kishan maharaj and samta prasad ji s workshops. He was also a role as a tabla player in pandit chinmoy lahiri ustad imrat khan pandit dinanath mishra smt Jayanti mukherjee,srilekha mukherjee and other famous musicians workshops in Kolkata. He also performed in lecture demonstration program with his guru. He accompanied in duet recital programs like pandit rakhal mishra and pandit

bholanath mishra duet vocal program , pandit dinanath mishra and pandit bholanath mishra duet vocal recital, pandit kanahiyalal mishra and pandit ramlal Mishra duet , pandit Daya Shankar and Anant lal duet shennai, pandit Vg jog and Ali Ahmad Hussain duet violin and shennai, pandit salil Ghosh, Krishna mahanti PT tulshi hazra trio vocal, ustad Bahadur khan and ustad bidyut khan duet program,PT sosodhor and Sridhar Dutta duet sarod and sitar,PT prasun Banerjee and Meera Banerjee duet vocal,a kanan and malabika kanan duet program,PT chinmoy lahiri and vidushi ratima Banerjee duetvocal , pandit chinmoy lahiri and vidushi sisir kana dhar Choudhury duet program, kesab das and shymal chand duet program, Pt shyam ganguly and sree ganguly duet sarod,pt debu and prateek choudhary duet sitar,vidushi Girija devi and Dalia rahut duet , bholanath Mishra and siza roy duet vocal, pandit Dinanath mishra and Mangal mishra duet, He tour in many other city in india for concerts and workshops. Like uttarpradesh(renukoot,benaras,mirzapur, and others),madhyapradesh,chennai,ranchi,odisha,mahisadal,meghalaya,asansol

haldia,nadia,coochbehar,bankura,hoogly,.

Dhanbad,robertganj durgapur,burnpur,birbhum,jaldapara,malda,srerampore

Krishnanagar,vellore,tajpur,shankarpur,bardhaman,tamluk,sonabhadra,assam,

Bishnupur. Gorumara national park,dakshin dinajpur,sundarban,paschim mednipur and

Kolkata also and others.

He attended many music seminar in West Bengal and outside of West Bengal State Music Academy of West Bengal ; Seminar of Sangeet Natak Academy( Kolkata); Dhrupad seminar and Taal seminar of Rabindra Bharati ,He also attend ustad Ali Akbar Khan lecture demonstration seminar in kolkata,visva bharati university seminar and others. And he also play tabla in many others workshops and seminars as a accompanist with Ustad imrat khan, pandit chinmoy Lahiri, ustad bahadur khan, pandit vg jog, pandit Dinanath mishra,and others.and performing in several places.At that early age biswajit has aaccompanied practically all the top ranking celebrities of the time.

Pakhawaj career :-

He is not a professional Pakhwaj player but he play Pakhwaj in many historical concerts with famous artists. Like ustad Fahim Uddin dagar,satyakinkar Banerjee,Falguni mitra,debobrato singho Thakur,gundecha brothers, Zia Mohiuddin Dagar, ustad imrat khan (surbahar) , siya

ram Tiwari ,asgari bai,itu Banerjee , Mushtaq Ali Khan and others.biswajit also a disciple of his great father pakhwaj maestro pandit bhutnath deb.biswajit belongs to a famous Traditional Folk Musical Family, carrying out the lineage since last three generations; his Late Grandfather was an extremely knowledgeable legendary srikhol Player from West Bengal.And he attend many other pakhwaj artists workshops like pandit vithol das gujrati's workshop.he also attend as a pakhwaj and tabla player in taalvadya concert.he was a part time pakhwaj teacher in damarupani music college and he also go as a invited teacher in many other institutions

He Also performer of Phakhawaj . He have accompanied the famous musicians of Dhrupad & Rabindra Sangeet in Pakhawaj in india.

also participated in fusions .

He also taken part in many conferences as a pakhawaj player such as :-

Suresh Sangeet Samsad.

Damarupani music festival

Monmotha Nath Ganguly Smriti Sanmellan.

Ganguly College of Music.

Railway program kanchrapara

Bishnupur dhrupad festival

Bishnupur engineering college

Ramsaran Sangeet mahavidya

Music festival- Bishnupur

The concert memory of pandit gopeshwar Banerjee and others

And he also workshops in many other cities in India.biswajit has played throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia artists but he don’t go abroad.

Family :-

He Also born in reputed Bengali family his father also a legendary pakhwaj vadak Sangeetacharya mridangacchrya bhutnath deb ,his father also a great artist. His family look like a music family ,many famous ustads and artists are coming and mehfil in deb bhavan . bhutnath ki also accompanied with pandit gopeshwar Banerjee, ustad wasifuddin dagar,dagar bandhu, pandit debobroto Singha thakur,gunin babu,and others.

he was born and see artist and love music.many famous kings also related with deb family include mallabhum king Singha Thakur , mahisadal rajparibar , dhalghumgar rajparibar and others , biswajit also belongs rich and jamidar family,his father and grandfather was also related with kings and many reputed musicians , bhutnath ji was also a great realtionship with Omkar nath thakur, pandit nimai Chand baral , Debabrata Singha Thakur and many others, bhutnath ji was also performances with great artists.bhutnath also go for program in Kolkata,uttarpradesh and another States in india.performed with ustads in mehfil . pandit omkarnath thakur , debobroto Singha thakur,ustad wajid khan, ustad wajid khan, pandit manoranjan Banerjee another famous artists also performed in deb bhavan. Pandit sridhar Dutta was lives few years in Dev bhavan.famous dancers are performed in Dev Bhavan.

his wife manjushree deb is also a great vocalist,she also a great thumri and khyal singer ,she also sing thumri in another style and make a great rythm and sur .her vocal also a very and clear but her khyal gayki is very powerful but sweet , she also a great classical and bengali singer Biswajit's son joydip also play tabla.